Courses are designed by linguists on common proficiency frameworks, but emphasis stays on practical conversation not long grammar lectures.

It's well established that children have an easier time learning second languages.

It’s happening in Mandarin Chinese as well, with the new character X也, which combines the Roman letter X with an element that ...

A new study has discovered that dogs can learn names of new objects just by listening to their owners interact with each other.

TOKYO – I speak decent Spanish, picked up working several decades ago as a news and sports reporter in Spain, Mexico and Argentina. Now I report from Tokyo. After seven years, I still can't grasp ...